Bruyneel Poisoned Frank Schleck?

[jpw]

http://road.cc/content/news/68856-updated-fabian-cancellara-i-dont-know-if-i-can-work-johan-bruyneel-again-lequipe

Speculative, but... wow.

[phcollard]

Jeez this whole thing is getting worse every minute.

[bikerboy337]

that was floated at the time he tested positive... I remember reading that Frank said there is no way he should have tested positive and that someone must have tampered with his sample, or his food/drink... it was then discussed that Johan might have been involved due to a lot of the issues that were going on...

[jimcav]

sweep the knee

[hairylegs]

kinda silly, right?

[Elefantino]

Ban him for life. :banana:

[David Kirk]

sweep the knee

***** that is funny.

Dave

[weiwentg]

well, I checked and xipamide is administered in tablet form. It could be that Bruyneel crushed one and put it in Schleck's post-ride drink. He wouldn't notice it. Probably some would make its way into his bloodstream and show up as a low dose. (Not a MD, RN or pharmacist, though.) So the poisoning theory is not impossible.

But what about motive? There were tensions, but it's not like Schleck accused Lance of doping.

[William]

sweep the knee

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That got an LOL!:)




William

[christian]

But what about motive?It was generally public knowledge (hell, I knew) that the Schlecks were looking to leave RSNT and form a new team with a German backing sponsor. I'd suggest that Bruyneel would be better positioned to know about that then me. Even though I am pretty plugged in, having a login across the hall, and all that.

[54ny77]

that is positively insane if so (deliberate doping to sabotage his career). i mean, really? that's nuts. beyond nuts.

oh wait, he already did something like that before (telling the uci to go after tyler and landis). :eek: :bike:

ya can't make this ^$#! up.

[MattTuck]

You couldn't make this up if you tried.

[weiwentg]

that is positively insane if so (deliberate doping to sabotage his career). i mean, really? that's nuts. beyond nuts.

oh wait, he already did something like that before (telling the uci to go after tyler and landis). :eek: :bike:

ya can't make this ^$#! up.

Lance allegedly told the UCI.

I say allegedly because none of the affidavits seem to back that claim up (although Zabriskie or someone else said that Lance was on a first name basis with Hein Verbruggen). I mean, it sounds like him, but can't say for sure.

[CunegoFan]

There were lots of rumors that Landis was set up to damage the ASO, which was in a struggle with the UCI at the time and along with RAI and Unipublic was looking into a race series separate from the UCI. Landis still says he was not using testosterone during the 2006 TdF.

I have my doubts about Bruyneel spiking Schleck's food or water or whatever. The RSNT team has had a series of financial problems. Bruyneel is (was!) on a consulting contract at 150K/month. I don't see why he would risk causing the team and potentially himself even more problems. The Schleck's have become jokes anyway. The team could have spent the money on a GC contender with some guts.

[earlfoss]

Whether Frank did or didn't do it maybe this is a little karma coming back around for his involvement in Puerto..

[GregL]

Some of the most amazing revelations from the USADA files are who was involved (nearly everyone in pro cycling, including the spouses/significant others) and the Machiavellian levels of the conspiracies. I feel like I'm reading the script from the Godfather, with Armstrong as Michael Corleone...

- Greg

[jimcav]

Landis still says he was not using testosterone during the 2006 TdF..

I think he blood doped in the 2006 TdF with a bag that had traces from earlier in the season! Same with Contador and Clen...

[CunegoFan]

I think he blood doped in the 2006 TdF with a bag that had traces from earlier in the season! Same with Contador and Clen...

That is a common theory but it does not match the evidence. The USADA tested Landis' B samples from the 2006 Tour and found other positives for testosterone.

The most likely explanations are that he was unknowingly using testosterone during the TdF, perhaps with a tainted recovery product like HGH, or he lied about the testosterone use to try to protect himself from a fraud suit.

[Charles M]

You don't get the big ratio Floyd had via residue...